NORCO's Beautiful F-You to the Universe and the Optional Queer Content Problem with Vaneet Mehta

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NORCO: It's the game you can smell! Join us as we wade into the murky waters of Geography of Robots' completely singular Southern Gothic sci-fi point-and-click detective adventure, set among the billowing smokestacks and sinister twilight of a futuristic New Orleans. If you have about 10 hours to spare, it's absolutely a game you'll want to put on your must-play list this year. We can say for sure that Elijah Wood loved it.

Then we're joined by Vaneet Mehta (he/him), a software engineer, writer, and public speaker working to advocate for bisexual visibility and equitable representation. We loved chatting with Vaneet about the significance of the gaming community in his own coming out story, “playersexuality,” what games get wrong when they make queer representation and content optional, and more!

9:35 - NORCO Discussion

51:04 - Very light NORCO story spoilers, if that matters to you

56:24 - Interview with Vaneet Mehta

Follow Vaneet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nintendomad888

Check out Alexis Ong's piece on NORCO: https://www.pcgamer.com/this-stunning-deep-south-fable-isnt-the-next-kentucky-route-zeroits-the-first-norco/

Side Quest

IGL Foundation is a New Orleans-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring people together to learn, compete, and play by providing opportunities for students in the areas of technology, gaming, and the digital arts that are both enriching and entertaining.

While using the portal of alternate dimensional experiences, we use gaming as the gateway to building networks and communities through social competitions and mental athletic training to build bonds with our students.

To learn more, get involved, and donate, visit https://iglfoundation.org/

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